Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that Chris Amantea, who has practiced environmental law in California for more than 25 years, has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Environmental, Products and Mass Torts practice. The firm is also pleased to welcome Christopher Smith as an associate in the Los Angeles office. Together, the pair joins a national practice that was expanded in 2015 with the arrival of a five-partner team in Chicago led by Robert Shuftan, who now serves as the head of the firm’s practice. (more…)
Cooley advised the underwriters on Syndax’s $57.7 million initial public offering. The company now trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “SNDX.” (more…)
Orrick has advised Silicon Valley startup Cruise Automation on its acquisition by General Motors. Cruise is a leader in the “Driverless Revolution” focused on the development of driverless car technology. GM’s pending acquisition of Cruise is its latest investment towards winning the market for on-demand driverless car services that are gaining traction as an inevitable paradigm shift in the transportation industry. (more…)
Pryor Cashman LLP is pleased to announce that entertainment industry veteran Adam R. Mehr has joined the firm as a partner in the Media & Entertainment Group. Based in the firm’s Los Angeles office, Mehr joins Pryor Cashman from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP. Before that, he served for nine years as Executive Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel for Gold Circle Entertainment, a leading independent producer, financier and distributor of motion pictures. (more…)
Davis Polk advised the representative of the initial purchasers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by GameStop Corporation of $475 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% senior notes due 2021. (more…)
One LLP, an intellectual property, technology and media law firm, has opened a new office in San Diego and has added Partners Nicholas Janda and Neil Ray to the growing practice. Mr. Janda and Mr. Ray will be joining seasoned IP attorneys Mitchell Brook and Stephen Lobbin at the new office, located in the Del Mar area. This San Diego submarket is well-known for having a large presence in biotechnology and life sciences, information communications technology and clean technology sectors with significant intellectual property needs. (more…)
Venable LLP announces the addition of leading intellectual property litigator Susan E. Hollander as partner. Ms. Hollander brings with her a team of seasoned IP professionals, including Jocelyn Belloni, counsel; and Sharoni Finkelstein, associate. Two paralegals will join later this week. Ms. Hollander and her team join Venable from K&L Gates. (more…)
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced today that Beth A. Fox has joined its Los Angeles office as a partner in the Energy and Natural Resources practice. Fox comes to Manatt from the Southern California Edison Company, where she served as director and managing attorney of the Power Procurement section of the SCE Law Department. (more…)
Goodwin Procter, a leading Am Law 50 and Global 50 law firm, announced today that Koray Bulut has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the Labor & Employment Group. Bulut, who will also spend significant time in the firm’s Silicon Valley office, will head up Goodwin’s California employment practice. (more…)
